The Washington Post (Travel Section)
Friday, Nov. 09, 2012.
Ethiopian Airlines offers nonstop flights from Washington Dulles to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (return flight connects through Rome), with early January fares currently starting at $1,411. Connecting flights on Ethiopian to Kilimanjaro Airport (close to both Moshi and Arusha in Tanzania) are $285 each way. The bus to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from Arusha is $15.
WHERE TO STAY
Sheraton
Taitu Street, Addis Ababa
011-251-11-15-171-717
Five-star hotel on its own walled grounds. Rooms from $275.
Taitu
Mundy Street, Piazza, Addis Ababa
011-251-11-156-0787
Ethiopia’s oldest hotel, built in 1898. The more expensive rooms ($25 a night) are large and well serviced. Rooms from $10.
Bristol Cottages
98 Rindi Lane, Moshi
011-255-27-275-5083
Basic rooms, and a few cottages, surround a beautiful courtyard with an open-air restaurant and bar. Rooms from $60.
Arusha Coffee Lodge
On the A104 near the Arusha airstrip
011-255-27-250-0630
A high-end boutique hotel in the middle of its own coffee plantation. The coffee’s good, the atmosphere is gorgeous, and the food is mediocre. Rooms from $175.
White Sun
Narung’ombe Street at Msimbazi, Dar es Salaam
011-255-759-222-229
Centrally located, with a good Swahili breakfast included. Rooms from $25.
WHERE TO EAT
Yod Abyssinia
Bole Medhaniyalem area next to Brass Hospital, Addis Ababa
011-251-116-612-985
A tourist spot, but a good one. Fine Ethiopian food served the traditional way, with live music and dance. Entrees from $10 .
El Rancho
Lema Road, Shanty Town, Moshi
011-255-27-275-5115
A Swahili-influenced Indian restaurant with a good and varied menu. Entrees from $10.
Maza
Uhuru Road, near Friends Corner, Arusha
011-255-757-519-111
Traditional Tanzanian food, though the cook will make whatever you like with what he has. Entrees from $2.
Waterfront Sunset Restaurant and Beach Bar
Slipway shopping center, Dar es Salaam
011-255-22-260-0893
Mostly for tourists, but the view of the Indian Ocean makes up for the higher prices. Entrees from $10.
WHAT TO DO
Ethiopian National Museum
King George VI Street, Addis Ababa
011-251-11-111-91-31, ext. 7150
The home of Lucy, the 3.2-million-year-old Australopithecus, as well as Emperor Haile Selassie’s crown and throne and a fine collection of 18th- to 21st-century Ethiopian paintings. Daily 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; 55 cents.
Addis Ababa University
King George VI Street
011-251-111-239-705
Site of the Ethiopian Ethnographic Museum, housed in Emperor Haile Selassie’s old palace, as well as the Kennedy Library, open only to students.
Sitasahau Africa
Arusha
011-255-757-708-443
If you’d like a tour of Arusha like the one we got, this is Raphiele’s start-up company. (He does safaris, too.) Prices vary.
Kivukoni and Mzizima fish markets
Ocean Road, Dar es Salaam
Kivukoni’s the larger of the two; Mzizima is on a nicer part of the city beach. Both open most of the day.
INFORMATION
Addis Ababa: www.addisculturetourism.gov.et
Tanzania: www.tanzaniatouristboard.com
Source: The Washington Post
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